Sunday, April 5, 2015

Les Misirables

This was taken from the wings last night, as Jessica performed On My Own. 
Amelia Musical Playhouse has sold every seat for every performance of their run. Congratulations! 
The entire cast, crew and orchestra have worked so hard to make this happen. I have only seen it once, as it is not my favorite. The music and voices are phenomenal. The timing is outstanding. The emotion is overwhelming throughout the theater. Jessi's performance of On My Own had the entire house mesmerized. Then she tops it with her death scene, singing A Little Fall of Rain. I heard sniffling everywhere. 
Jeff Groden-Thomas as Jean Valjean sings a spine-tingling Bring Him Home, it was beautiful. 
I don't mean to discount any of the performers by not mentioning them. Bill's voice so deep and resonant as Javert, Zach's wonderful tenor as Marius, Kara's I Dreamed a Dream was heartwrenching, Lena hitting that high note(!) and so many more. It was truly fabulous.